James Ensor
Class of 2017
Zoey Chittick
Class of 2016
Maxwell Wheeler
Class of 2018
HIGH POINT, N.C., March 21, 2019 – High Point University is celebrating its 10th consecutive year as a Tree Campus USA recipient. HPU is one of 16 North Carolina colleges and universities to be recognized for 2018 and is one of four in the state to have been honored by the Arbor Day Foundation for […]
Above, Grohowski, third from left, meets with business students and members of HPU’s Investment Club during a visit to campus in February. HIGH POINT, N.C., March 21, 2019 – Leo and Nancy Grohowski, of Far Hills, New Jersey, have established a scholarship for students studying business at High Point University. The $100,000 gift supports the […]
This story is featured in the Fall 2018 edition of the HPU Magazine. Discover below how HPU’s Mariana Qubein Arboretum and Botanical Gardens provide students the calming environment needed to reflect and excel. Pause for a moment. Inhale and exhale. Release any tension you have and notice your surroundings. What do you see? Hear? Smell? HPU’s campus is […]
Dr. Qubein’s work as a transformative college president, dynamic servant leader, generous philanthropist and passionate advocate has been recognized recently by numerous organizations. When you consider recognition coming from such a diverse group of organizations that include the National Business Journals, Boy Scouts of America, The Great Values College platform, YMCA and the Salvation Army, […]
High Point University President Nido Qubein received the 2019 Distinguished Citizen Award from the Old North State Council, Boy Scouts of America on March 14. HIGH POINT, N.C., March 14, 2019 – Today, High Point University President Nido Qubein received the 2019 Distinguished Citizen Award from the Old North State Council, Boy Scouts of America. […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., March 12, 2018 – The Stout School of Education at High Point University will host its spring Lego Showcase event, Come Build with Us: Experience STEM Engineering, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on April 13 at the HPU Community Center. The free event is open to children in grades K-8, as […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., March 8, 2019 – Community members will have the chance to explore a variety of faith-based topics with High Point University faculty as part of a new lecture series. The Faculty Lecture Series, sponsored by the Department of Religion and Philosophy, is a partnership with local churches and clergy organizations. Faculty members […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., March 6, 2019 – The High Point community gathered at the YWCA High Point on March 5 in celebration of International Women’s Day and the contributions women make throughout the world. Among the music, performances and food representing many cultures, High Point University students took an active role in organizing and supporting […]
High Point University teamed up with YWCA High Point to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 5.
High Point University is partnering with the YWCA High Point to celebrate International Women’s Day.
Kristen Korankyi’s former teachers couldn’t believe it. In high school, she could barely carry on a conversation. Three years later, she can stand in front of 100 students at her high school alma mater and talk for 25 minutes about perseverance, the importance of mentors, her role at High Point University and her work at […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., Feb. 27, 2019 – High Point University will join with the YWCA High Point in celebrating the city’s rich and diverse community of women at the International Women’s Day Celebration. The event will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on March 5 at the YWCA High Point. The event is […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., Feb. 25, 2019 – The Community Writing Center received an incentive to continue its existing programs and add new ones this year. The Community Writing Center, a partnership between High Point University and Mt. Zion Baptist Church, received a $25,000 grant from the High Point Community Foundation. The grant will allow the […]
Isla McGlauflin came to High Point University with two suitcases. She came alone. She had to. A huge snowstorm was expected to blanket the East Coast, and she and her mom cancelled their 14-hour drive to campus from their home in upstate New York. McGlauflin then boarded a plane, ahead of the snowstorm, and arrived […]
When she talks about her passion for science and medicine, Jordan Mister is pretty frank. “I’ve been a nerd since I was little,” she says. She slept with a children’s dictionary under her pillow. She read the book, “The Big Book of What, How and Why,” so much the spine fell away. She fell asleep […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., Feb. 21, 2019 – Students from High Point Central High School walked out of the science labs in Couch Hall at High Point University with a truly one-of-a-kind work of art. On Feb. 16, a group of high schoolers spent a Saturday collaborating with undergraduate science majors at HPU on experiments intended […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., Feb. 21, 2019 – High Point University faculty, staff and students recently received the following academic and professional awards and recognitions. HPU Senior Named Semifinalist for Critical Language Scholarship Kendal Karstens, a senior international relations major at HPU, has been named a semifinalist in the Critical Language Scholarship competition. The program is […]
Caroline is pictured outside of HPU’s 1924 Prime, a learning lab for international cuisine and dining etiquette, which is located inside the R.G. Wanek Center, a location she oversees in her responsibilities as a facility manager for Campus Engagement Back in Waxhaw, North Carolina, the small town south of Charlotte where she grew up, Caroline […]
High Point University’s Dr. Martin Kifer, chair and associate professor of political science, discusses the investigation in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional district.
HIGH POINT, N.C., Feb. 19, 2019 – For the first time, High Point University will host Greensboro Opera for an uplifting, family-friendly production of Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel,” to be held at 7:30 p.m. on March 2 and at 2 p.m. on March 3 in the Pauline Theatre of Hayworth Fine Arts Center. A limited […]
